This bust, which was the first study for Churchill's official statue to come from this artist's hands, was offered to Wendy and Emery Reves by the artist.  

Burton's work is concerned with furniture, the forms  of which are created in hard materials like granite, which seem antagonistic to the function of furniture.

This spectacular plate features three mythological scenes on a ground of flying cranes contained within a border of phoenix.

This gold lacquer chest bears motifs that are familiar to earlier painting traditions. The landscape scenes on the outside have rivers and plum trees that appear to come from paintings by the great Rimpa artist Ogata Korin (1658-1716).

The impressive silk court robes of China represent the potential of clothing and costume to communicate directly both rank and symbolism to an informed audience. High-ranking people at the imperial court of China wore particular types of robes, with designs that signified their status and underlined their p